Premio Ariel
The Premio Ariel is the most important Mexican film award , which has been awarded annually by the Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas , the Mexican film academy , since 1947. In 1947 there were two ceremonies for the film years 1946 and 1947. There were no awards ceremonies between 1958 and 1971. Filmmaking in Mexico is considered for the nominations. In 2000 a category for the best Ibero-American film was also introduced. The chairman of the award coordination committee has been the actor Pedro Armendáriz Bohr since August 2006 .
The prize itself is the statuette of a man created by the Mexican sculptor Ignacio Asúnsolo . The original statue is currently in the Estudios Churubusco film studios in Mexico City . The name Ariel comes from a series of short texts called El Ariel by the Uruguayan essayist José Enrique Rodó , which particularly inspired young Latin Americans in the first four decades of the 20th century.
Since 1986, the Ariel de Oro has also been awarded to Mexican filmmakers or institutions for special services to Mexican film that are not related to a specific film in the respective year of the award. The award of honor will also be presented during the “Premio Ariel” ceremonies.
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literature
- Carl J. Mora, "Mexican Cinema: Reflections of a Society, 1896-2004" . McFarland & Co Inc, Jefferson NC 2005. ISBN 978-0786420834